Can your hometown set off fireworks?

Maybe a few hours later, maybe outside the window fireworks are just starting, or you are about to toast with your family, preparing to welcome the New Year. For 2025, this year’s hard work deserves a summary. In my eyes, New Year’s Day is as important as Spring Festival—saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new!

In our industry of Yao Bo Mountain, I personally think the most sincere blessings are actually just two sentences: "Live long, see clearly"!

I’ve selected four projects that I think are worth your extra attention at the beginning of 2026.
And I wish everyone a double harvest of both positions and knowledge in 2026.

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1️⃣ "StandX: A “VC-Free” Breakthrough"

Another top-tier project, StandX @StandX_Official, has impressive data performance.
The core team is composed of "veterans" who understand trading and risk control, making them more solid than many amateur teams.

The most attractive point of StandX @StandX_Official is $DUSD ’s capital efficiency. Your margin is no longer dead money; while placing orders, it can also generate automatic interest, which is true “one fish, multiple eats,” directly lowering the holding cost.

Most importantly, StandX @StandX_Official is entirely VC-free.
Projects with fair token distribution and purely driven by product strength often hide the most genuine Alpha.

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2️⃣ "MemeMax: Trying to Set Rules for Emotions"

What’s most lacking in the Meme track is “deposition.”
@MemeMax_Fi’s current approach is very clear. It’s not satisfied with just being a lively casino for a short time; gamifying trading and incentivizing creators are just superficial. The real killer is its underlying MemeCore blockchain.

@MemeMax_Fi aims to do something very difficult: to “structure” the highly chaotic volatility of the Meme market through underlying infrastructure.

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3️⃣ "Inference Labs @inference_labs: Equipping AI with a 'Dashcam'"

What is the biggest pitfall of AI now? It’s the “black box.”
You don’t know why it says what it does. Without solving current issues, big funds dare not truly enter.
Inference Labs @inference_labs is breaking this deadlock by providing verifiable decision records, making AI auditable and accountable.

Previously, zkML was just a nice concept; implementation was too difficult. But the core technologies of Inference Labs @inference_labs (DSperse and JSTprove) have truly tackled this tough problem, enabling complex AI agents and financial risk control scenarios to run smoothly.

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4️⃣ "Billions: The 'Real Person Pass' in the AI Era"

In 2025, when AI and robots are rampant, the most scarce resource on the internet becomes “authenticity.” Billions @billions_ntwk targets this pain point: how to prove “I am a real person” without going naked (protecting privacy).
Using zero-knowledge proof (ZK) technology, Billions @billions_ntwk has built a clean trust layer. What attracts me most is Billions @billions_ntwk’s “backend” service and multi-chain interoperability logic: one verification, universal across chains.

Billions @billions_ntwk is not just solving simple KYC issues but reconstructing network trust.
It’s not just an identity protocol but a “digital passport” for the future Web3 world. In this network where truth is hard to distinguish from falsehood, reconstructing trust itself might be the biggest Alpha of the next cycle.

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